Yao Ming vs. Fred Scolari Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Fred Scolari and Yao Ming, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

Yao Ming played 8 years in the NBA, 1 less than Fred Scolari, who played 9. Yao Ming had the first of his seasons in 2002-03, while Fred Scolari had his rookie season in 1946-47. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Yao Ming	8	4	2002-03 to 2010-11
Fred Scolari	9	7	1946-47 to 1954-55

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Yao Ming	Fred Scolari
Season	2002-03	1946-47
Team	Houston Rockets	Washington Capitols
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Capitols Lost Semifinals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	82	29.0	13.5	2.4	5.8	8.2	1.7	0.4	1.8	2.1	2.8	4.9	9.8	.498	0.0	0.0	.500	3.7	4.5	.811
Fred Scolari	58	-	12.6	-	-	-	1.0	-	-	-	2.7	5.0	17.1	.294	-	-	-	2.5	3.1	.811

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fred Scolari	6	-	11.8	-	-	-	0.8	-	-	-	2.8	3.7	15.8	.232	-	-	-	4.5	5.7	.794


Season 2
	Yao Ming	Fred Scolari
Season	2003-04	1947-48
Team	Houston Rockets	Washington Capitols
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	82	32.8	17.5	2.4	6.6	9.0	1.5	0.3	1.9	2.5	3.3	6.5	12.5	.522	0.0	0.0	.000	4.4	5.4	.809
Fred Scolari	47	-	12.5	-	-	-	1.2	-	-	-	3.3	4.9	16.6	.294	-	-	-	2.8	3.8	.732

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	5	37.6	15.0	2.2	5.2	7.4	1.8	0.4	1.4	2.6	4.0	6.2	13.6	.456	0.0	0.0	-	2.6	3.4	.765
Fred Scolari	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Yao Ming	Fred Scolari
Season	2004-05	1948-49
Team	Houston Rockets	Washington Capitols
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Capitols Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	80	30.6	18.3	2.6	5.8	8.4	0.8	0.4	2.0	2.5	3.7	6.7	12.2	.552	0.0	0.0	-	4.9	6.2	.783
Fred Scolari	48	-	11.2	-	-	-	2.1	-	-	-	3.1	4.1	13.2	.310	-	-	-	3.0	3.8	.798

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	7	31.9	21.4	3.3	4.4	7.7	0.7	0.3	2.7	2.7	4.4	7.9	12.0	.655	0.0	0.0	-	5.7	7.9	.727
Fred Scolari	9	-	9.1	-	-	-	1.8	-	-	-	2.7	3.0	11.1	.270	-	-	-	3.1	4.4	.700


Season 4
	Yao Ming	Fred Scolari
Season	2005-06	1949-50
Team	Houston Rockets	Washington Capitols
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Capitols Lost East Div Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	57	34.2	22.3	2.6	7.6	10.2	1.5	0.5	1.6	2.6	3.4	8.2	15.8	.519	0.0	0.0	.000	5.9	6.9	.853
Fred Scolari	66	-	13.0	-	-	-	2.7	-	-	-	2.7	4.7	13.8	.343	-	-	-	3.6	4.3	.822

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fred Scolari	2	-	18.5	-	-	-	1.5	-	-	-	3.0	6.5	13.5	.481	-	-	-	5.5	5.5	1.000


Season 5
	Yao Ming	Fred Scolari
Season	2006-07	1950-51
Team	Houston Rockets	Washington Capitols, Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Nationals Lost East Div Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	48	33.8	25.0	2.1	7.3	9.4	2.0	0.4	2.0	3.5	3.3	8.8	17.1	.516	0.0	0.0	.000	7.4	8.6	.862
Fred Scolari	66	-	13.4	-	-	3.3	3.9	-	-	-	2.8	4.6	14.0	.327	-	-	-	4.2	5.0	.843

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	7	37.1	25.1	3.3	7.0	10.3	0.9	0.1	0.7	4.7	3.9	7.9	17.9	.440	0.0	0.0	-	9.4	10.7	.880
Fred Scolari	7	-	12.6	-	-	5.9	2.3	-	-	-	3.3	4.7	13.3	.355	-	-	-	3.1	3.9	.815


Season 6
	Yao Ming	Fred Scolari
Season	2007-08	1951-52
Team	Houston Rockets	Baltimore Bullets (1st)
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	55	37.2	22.0	3.1	7.7	10.8	2.3	0.5	2.0	3.3	3.1	7.9	15.5	.507	0.0	0.0	.000	6.3	7.4	.850
Fred Scolari	64	35.0	14.6	-	-	3.3	4.7	-	-	-	3.3	4.5	13.5	.334	-	-	-	5.5	6.6	.835

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fred Scolari	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Yao Ming	Fred Scolari
Season	2008-09	1952-53
Team	Houston Rockets	Baltimore Bullets (1st), Fort Wayne Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	Pistons Lost West Div Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	77	33.6	19.7	2.6	7.2	9.9	1.8	0.4	1.9	3.0	3.3	7.4	13.4	.548	0.0	0.0	1.000	4.9	5.7	.866
Fred Scolari	62	34.2	13.4	-	-	3.4	3.8	-	-	-	3.4	4.5	13.0	.342	-	-	-	4.5	5.3	.844

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	9	35.9	17.1	2.1	8.8	10.9	1.0	0.4	1.2	1.9	3.0	6.0	11.0	.545	0.0	0.0	-	5.1	5.7	.902
Fred Scolari	8	33.5	13.4	-	-	3.1	2.6	-	-	-	3.9	3.6	11.3	.322	-	-	-	6.1	7.6	.803

Note: Yao Ming didn't play in 2009-10.


Season 8
	Yao Ming	Fred Scolari
Season	2010-11	1953-54
Team	Houston Rockets	Fort Wayne Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons Lost W Div Round Robin

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	5	18.2	10.2	1.4	4.0	5.4	0.8	0.0	1.6	1.4	2.6	3.6	7.4	.486	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	3.2	.938
Fred Scolari	64	24.8	7.2	-	-	2.2	2.0	-	-	-	2.4	2.5	7.7	.324	-	-	-	2.3	2.8	.800

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fred Scolari	4	15.0	3.0	-	-	1.8	1.5	-	-	-	2.0	1.5	6.0	.250	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 9
	Yao Ming	Fred Scolari
Season	-	1954-55
Team	-	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Celtics Lost East Div Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fred Scolari	59	10.5	3.2	-	-	1.3	1.6	-	-	-	1.3	1.3	4.2	.305	-	-	-	0.7	0.8	.796

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Yao Ming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fred Scolari	5	5.8	2.4	-	-	1.0	0.6	-	-	-	1.4	0.8	3.0	.267	-	-	-	0.8	1.0	.800

Yao Ming vs. Fred Scolari Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Fred Scolari and Yao Ming, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9